Transit Bridge Name Final Four: Duniway, Cascadia, Tillicum, Wy'East

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On a recent morning, a flagger standing next to the under-construction Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Bridge told a WW employee that the landmark was getting a new name: The Abigail Scott Duniway Transit Bridge.

"That's what everybody's saying," she told our jogging correspondent.

A Duniway Bridge—named for the trailblazing suffragist and newspaper publisher—is one step closer to reality today.

TriMet released the four bridge-name finalists this morning, in an Oregon Historical Society ceremony that markedly resembled the Oscar nominations. The list is:

The Abigail Scott Duniway Transit Bridge

Cascadia Crossing Transit Bridge

Tillicum Crossing Transit Bridge, Bridge of the People

Wy’east Transit Bridge

TriMet explains the selections in some detail here. Duniway, it's worth noting, is the only person chosen: The other names refer to locations or concepts.

Not making the cut: "Working" Kirk Reeves, the street musician who regularly played trumpet at the on-ramp of the Hawthorne Bridge, or Mark Rothko, the painter who grew up in Southwest Portland.

Both sparked online campaigns last year.

Check out WW's photo essay on Portland's bridges—including the new transit bridge.

"In the low usage areas, we found that our vehicles sit idle four times longer, ultimately affecting overall vehicle availability for the Portland membership base, as well as parking for the Portland community."

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